Mum just had an hour long breakdown because of the ending of the Superman movie, in utter tears, because she's lost all hope that things can work out alright if you try your best and believe like the film says. It's hard to try and help her when she looks forward to dying to escape a life she hates, and internalises hours of doomer political news daily despite my protests. I tried to remind her of what she's achieved, that Superman keeps rolling with the punches, but I had no answers that would resonate with her. How can I help, really? How do I become a man that can cast a spell that makes it all better? I have my own despair I've wallowed in for a decade and gotten no closer to escaping it, I just need to cast it off outright. Just forget the depression lmao. Working hard and paying all her bills isn't enough, as much as I try to convince myself it is. Still I take, take, and take. Welcome to the rest of my life, I suppose.